Nkoranza (B/A), June 23, – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is monitoring action plans of the various district assemblies to ensure the proper management of the land to prevent environmental degradation. At a meeting at Nkoranza with the district environmental management committee, the Brong Ahafo Regional Acting Environmental Programme Officer, Mr. Isaac Osei, stressed the need for the formation of such management committees to enhance the development of the communities. The committees, he said, should check bushfires, illegal timber felling by chainsaw operators and wayside contractors, water pollution and the siting of structures at unauthorised places. Mr. Osei urged the assemblies to send periodic reports on activities of the district and community environmental committees to the EPA for advice and assistance. He called for the intensification of public education on bye-laws on bushfires and other related environmental issues saying people who abuse such laws should be made to face the law.
